Perfect Soldier Book

1	"Send Me Your Best Men ..."	1
	Things You Need to Know	4
	Afghanistan and the Perfect Soldiers	9
	A History of Innovation and Military Effectiveness	12
2	Commandos Through History	14
	Fellowships and Royal Guards	14
	Legends and Reality	15
	Primary Groups	17
	Hunters and Commandos	18
	The Heroes of Legend Were Real	19
	Tribal Commandos	21
	Send Me Your Best Men for a Special Mission	22
	Armies of Commandos	23
	When Being the Best Isn't Good Enough	26
	The Grenadiers	29
	Commandos on Horseback	30
	Mamelukes and Janissaries	31
	The Lessons of the Past	32
	Wilderness Wisdom	34
	Major Robert Rogers's Rules for His Rangers	35
	Fighting Toward the Future	44
3	Out of Africa and into the Trenches	46
	Stosstruppen and Special Units	51
	Undefeated in Africa	59
	Why Every Nation Doesn't Have Commandos	62
4	Raiders, Guerrillas, and Peacemakers	63
	Marines as Peacekeepers	63
	Marines as Raiders	66
	Reeling in the Raiders	68
	Raiders from Above	71
	Airborne Qualified	73
	The Guerrilla Revolution	75
5	The Golden Age: Commandos	79
	British Storm Troopers	79
	Commando Training	81
	Commandos in Action	83
	Commandos Underwater	85
	Battles in the Surf Zone	86
	Long Range Desert Group	88
	Popski's Private Army	90
	Special Air Service During World War II	91
	The Origins of the U.S. Special Forces	93
	The Origins of the Green Beret	94
	U.S. Army Rangers	95
	U.S. Marine Commandos	99
	The Makin Mistake	100
	Sneaking in by Air	102
	German Commandos: The Brandenburgers	104
	Russian Commandos	105
	Royal Marine Commandos After World War II	106
	U.S. Ranger Companies in Korea	107
6	The Golden Age: Elite Troops	108
	Paratroopers in Search of a Mission	108
	Russia's Parachute Army	111
	The American Airborne Army	113
	The American Amphibious Army	116
	Guerrilla Wars and Commandos	119
7	Shadow Wars and the Threat	143
	Covert Commandos	143
	How to Create a Successful Guerrilla Movement	146
	How to Defeat a Successful Guerrilla Movement	149
	How to Fight Guerrillas and Win	154
8	Special Forces and Vietnam	161
	The Special Forces	162
	The Green Berets Go to Vietnam	166
	The Special Forces and the Mountain Tribes of Vietnam	169
	The Secret War in Laos	176
	The North Vietnamese Strike Back	180
	Psychological Warfare	180
	The Secret War in Cambodia	181
	The Other Commandos of Vietnam	183
	LRRP Rules	185
	Lessons of Vietnam	187
	New Thinking After Vietnam	188
9	Spetsnaz and Sappers	190
	Spetsnaz	190
	Spetsnaz in Afghanistan	193
	Russian Special Assault Units	194
	North Vietnamese Sappers	195
10	Afghanistan: The First Commando War	200
	Myths and Realities of the Afghan War	203
	The Afghan Way of War	207
	Commandos With Big Bombs	209
	Stumbling onto Success	210
	Timeline for the Taliban Takedown	213
	Casualties	220
	Where Have All the Smart Bombs Gone?	221
	What Speaks Louder Than Bullets?	223
	Task Force 11 and the Commando Olympics	226
	The Drug Gangs of Afghanistan	228
	Drone Fever	230
	Bombing Afghanistan with Information	233
	The Eyes Up There	237
	Why Afghanistan Had to Be a Commando War	238
11	The Perfect Soldiers	242
	Perfect Soldiers Everywhere	244
	Marines	246
	Paratroopers	248
	SOCOM and Special Operations Doctrine	249
	Hearts and Minds	260
	Rangers	262
	Special Forces	265
	Peace Commandos	270
	U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command	272
	SEALs	275
	SEAL Team Six	276
	Delta Force	277
	LRSU, Son of LRRP	281
	Commandos Around the World	281
	Special Air Service	287
	Blunting the Sharp End	287
	Commando Carrier	289
	Finding Natural-Born Killers	290
	Survival of the Deadliest	292
	Train as You Fight, Fight as You Train	294
	Where the Operators Are	296
	Perfect Soldiers of the Twenty-First Century	297
	Index	299